What to do with old magazines????

[klauricella]

Does anyone have any suggestions for old magazines?? I know I can probably recycle them BUT was looking for alternative solutions. I know back when I was in school we used to bring in magazines for cut n paste projects. Do schools still do that?

I need to make them disappear from my living room

 

[jack fish]

donate them to the library.

 

[zip3]

Take them to the hospital for the lounge and for patients.

 

[SHELLY]

Define "old."

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[klauricella]

I was thinking about the library but I have ripped recipes/articles out here and there.

I guess old isn't the correct word some are a couple months old to 2yrs old.

 

[BeachbumAggie]

depending on what type of magazines, you might check with the hospital or nursing homes or if there are any elderly or disabled adult dayhab centers in the general area.

 

[TreeFrog]

You can indeed recycle them. Blue trailer behind 395 Publx, at the church in Pt. Wash, Winston Lane and 98 near Rosemary.

Whether you can find another home for them depends a lot on which magazine. Recycle "People", donate "Oxford American" or "Foreign Affairs". Somewhere in between, your call.

 

[seagrover]

I put a bunch of Southern Livings on Craig's List and someone was very happy with them.

 

[scooterbug44]

The library only accepts recent/current magazines.

 

[Carol G]

If they are still readable, they can be donated to jails, hospitals or nursing homes. Or places with waiting areas like laundromats or oil change/automotive stores. Or possibly even to troops serving overseas, or to local bases...

For crafts, perhaps churches with active youth groups, schools and pre-schools.

Making magazine beads is the coolest way to reuse old magazines, IMO. There's an organization called Bead for Life (Handmade bead jewelry, beaded jewelry, handcrafted beads, paper beads) that helps Ugandan women become income earners and business owners by providing them with the materials to make paper beads, as well as financing and education for their businesses. I know there are other organizations like this as well, and the beads are a big hit all over the world. I'm not sure if you can donate to them or not, but it's worth a little research.

Check out this video of how the bead is made, too cool!
http://www.beadforlife.org/video/4DVDRoll.html